lucid and monitors

[Jacob Schmude]

Which Intel, specifically? You may be able to fall back on the i810 
driver which doesn't respond to the no monitor error.

On 02/02/2010 06:58 PM, Mike Coulombe wrote:
> According to windows it is intel.
> Mike.
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> ----- (Original Message) -----
> From: "Jacob Schmude"<j.schmude at gmail.com>
> Date: Tuesday, February 2,  at 6:41 PM
> To: ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: lucid and monitors
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> Mike
> It goes crazy with both. OS X will boot without a monitor, but it runs
> slow and anything that tries to initialize the video card won't work and
> will crash. Ubuntu, naturally, will simply not start X at all.
> This isn't specific to Ubuntu or even Linux, any system such as FreeBSD,
> Opensolaris, etc that is based on X11 is going to do this.
> What graphics hardware do you have? If I know that I can find what
> driver it's using, and maybe that driver specifically has an option to
> ignore that error.
> Another workaround is to get a composite video connector and attach that
> to where your monitor would normally connect. These adapters have enough
> basic circuitry in them that the video card believes them to be monitors
> and will not generate the error in the first place. Depending on your
> connector type, you'll need either a VGA to composite or a DVI to
> composite. Apple sells one for DVI (for the Mac Mini, but it will work
> on any DVI connector) but not sure who sells a VGA to composite adapter
> these days.
>
>
> On 02/02/2010 06:33 PM, Mike Coulombe wrote:
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>> Does the mac mini go crazy with their software or ubuntu. I have been thinking about getting one of those.
>> Mike.
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>> ----- (Original Message) -----
>> From: "Jacob Schmude"<j.schmude at gmail.com>
>> Date: Tuesday, February 2,  at 6:27 PM
>> To: ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Re: lucid and monitors
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>>
>> Mike, do you know what video driver your system is trying to use? I've
>> found that some video drivers with certain video cards (usually
>> integraded GPUs) won't allow you to start X if a monitor isn't
>> connected. On a slightly related note, something similar happens if you
>> attempt to use a Macintosh Mini without a monitor connected, the system
>> goes crazy. I believe the video card itself sends an error if a monitor
>> isn't connected, essentially they have an open circuit that is completed
>> when a monitor is plugged in. I've seen this on Intel GPUs for the most
>> part, but it's probably not limited specifically to them.
>>
>> On 02/02/2010 06:00 PM, Mike Coulombe wrote:
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>>> Hi, I am still having a problem with lucid not getting to the login screen for gnome if I don't have a monitor connected. It does let me login to the consul, but I don't get the login sound for gnome. Any idea what could be causing this. My monitor doesn't have to be on, but it does have to be connected.
>>> Mike.
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